A treatise on diseases of the sexual system : adapted to popular and professional reading, and the exposition of quackery / by Edward H. Dixon.

  • Dixon, Edward H., 1808-1880.
Date:
1847
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    of silver freely applied, moderate pressure, makeup the sum of efficient means. And I confess myself an ad- vocate for an early opening, as soon as matter has formed, believing, from my own observation and that of numerous friends, that its absorption is very rare, and that its presence can only produce injury and annoy- ance to the patient. Poultices are often applied in the early stage of bu- bos. This is wrong. We should endeavour by all possible means to prevent their opening; but if it is ev- ident they will advance to suppuration, the practitioner who is not confident of his ability to detect matter in its early stage of formation (and that is sometimes diffi- cult, as there is a dense fascia or sheath of membranous structure over these glans,) should apply a poultice till the matter is sufficiently distinct. Warm water, ap- plied by a sponge, is the preferable and more cleanly method ; but this is often impossible, as the patient re- fuses confinement to the house. The practice of open- ing bubos with caustic is very painful, and I believe now nearly obsolete. The lancet is the method most in use. As soon as the bubo ceases discharging, a so- lution of nitrate of silver, five grains to the ounce, will be of service in promoting healthful granulations. It may be increased to ten, and even twenty, and if the edges of the sore are hard and indolent, the pure stick may be applied. Yet all this rests with the judgment of the practitioner.